Climate averages 1991–2020
Târgu Mureş weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Târgu Mureş: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bistriţa (66 km away). In May its highs average 19.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Târgu Mureş, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Târgu Mureş ranks 17th of 27 for the warmest May highs and 18th of 27 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 27 cities is 20.8°C; Târgu Mureş is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 97 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Târgu Mureş climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 32 | 8.2 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.6°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 32 | 8.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.6°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 45 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 61 | 11.2 | 13.514 h |
| May, selected | 20.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 81 | 13.5 | 15.015 h |
| June | 23.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 97 | 13.6 | 15.816 h |
| July | 25.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 83 | 12.6 | 15.415 h |
| August | 25.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 77 | 9.9 | 14.214 h |
| September | 20.7°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 70 | 9.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.2°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 52 | 8.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.0°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 39 | 8.3 | 9.59 h |
| December | 3.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 41 | 8.6 | 8.79 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Bistriţa in MayRomania · 66 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in MayRomania · 77 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Sibiu in MayRomania · 88 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.1°C · 120 mm rain
- Braşov in MayRomania · 128 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Piatra Neamţ in MayRomania · 142 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Baia Mare in MayRomania · 145 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 111 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in MayRomania · 161 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Suceava in MayRomania · 176 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.8°C · 70 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Târgu Mureş) is explained once on the Târgu Mureş year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.